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The Complete History of SNL's Celebrity Jeopardy. These days Norm MacDonald is all over the place — he has a Comedy Central special, a Twitter feud with Steve Martin, a profile in the New York Times, and a new show that premieres tonight. So what better time to revisit one of his most hilarious achievements ever: creating the original Saturday Night Live Celebrity Jeopardy sketch, which is one of the funniest and most enduring in the show’s history.

Here they are from start to finish. 1. December 7, 1996 Norm MacDonald (Burt Reynolds) Sean Connery (Darrell Hammond) Jerry Lewis (Martin Short) The first Celebrity Jeopardy sketch aired on December 7, 1996 with Will Ferrell as Alex Trebek, Norm MacDonald as Burt Reynolds, Darrell Hammond as Sean Connery, and host Martin Short as Jerry Lewis. 2. Unlike the first sketch, this one starts to integrate scoring and categories more into its humor. 3. 4. 5. 6. Sean Connery (Darrell Hammond) Calista Flockhart (Drew Barrymore) Nicolas Cage (Jimmy Fallon) Japanese guys play Russian Roulette with a thumbtack - User Videos - HDTrailerz. Are White People Racially Oppressed? Topical, intelligent fun. Videos, pictures and games - updated daily. Girl stuns Disney Jedi staffers by siding with Darth Vader. Guy on the subway attacks a girl for no reason, but then gets pantsed by...

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